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A GROUPING OF POSTMORTEM PORTRAITS
A GROUPING OF POSTMORTEM PORTRAITS
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Six images: 1 cased quarter plate tintype, 2 sixth plate ambrotypes, 2 sixth plate tintypes, 1 ninth plate tintype.

1) Quarter plate tintype of a man and woman; woman holds deceased child. Woman wears elaborate bonnet with flowers and man wears a top hat. Full case.

2) Sixth plate ruby glass ambrotype of toddler in horizontal composition. Split full case.

3) Sixth plate ambrotype of a child with emaciated hands and eyes wide open. Chilling. Uncased with mat and preserver.

4) Sixth plate tintype of child swathed in white. Split full case.

5) Sixth plate tintype child propped upright in chair. No case, but with mat and preserver.

6) Ninth plate tintype of child by window. Half case.

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A GROUPING OF POSTMORTEM PORTRAITS

Estimate $400 - $700
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Starting Price $200
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